Hello.
I have a 10 year old cockatiel. He's been sick for (kind of) a month now. The thing is, I'm not sure if he's even sick anymore or that he's just changed his behaviour. There are barely any avian vets where I live and my current one told me that she doesn't know what else could my bird's sickness be. I know I won't get any diagnosis in here, and I'm not even looking for that, I just want to know your thoughts, tips and maybe similar experiences that someone else's had with their birb.
My vet gave medication to give for 15 days, and my tiel seen to be feeling better but he hurted sometimes. He started singing, beak grinding, being curious and overall more active, but he would close his eyes and puff up as if he was hurting. Also, when he sung he would do it for one minute or so and inmediately get tired and sleep again, as if he was happy but out of energy. When the 15 day period ended, he seemed to finally recover, but after five days (yesterday) I noticed he was acting weird again, something seemed off. Today I watched him all morning and he definitely is feeling bad again, he closes his eyes more than usual (when he's happy and sane he doesn't sleep that much). He's been sleeping / with his eyes closed for around 1-2h now. What's confusing me is that he sometimes still grinds his beak as if he was content and relaxed and even sang for a while. He ate, not a lot but still a decent amount. For me it seems that he's happy but that sometimes there's something bothering him / hurting him. Also, he cleans himself all the time and his droppings are fine aswell.
Soon I'm going to see another vet, the last option I have in my city, so this time I might hopefully get better medication. Still, my tiel hates hands and freaks out when we catch him or take him to the vet. Last time we did, he stressed a lot and was hyperventilating, breathing so hard. I don't want to take him to the vet again because I'm scared he will have a heart attack. The vet doesn't even touch him and barely looks at him, so I don't know what's the need of taking him when I could just explain him what's happened and talk about his behaviour. I'm so worried.
I hope I get a response, I'm so confused and worried that my bird seems happy but sick at the same time, as I read that birds don't do both at the same time. I apologize for possible typos, since english isn't my first language. Thanks.
Btw, the picture is my tiel right know. He's sleeping on one foot, most of the times only one eye is closed and I think he's in pain. He's cleaning himself tho, but it's still concerning me so much.
I have a 10 year old cockatiel. He's been sick for (kind of) a month now. The thing is, I'm not sure if he's even sick anymore or that he's just changed his behaviour. There are barely any avian vets where I live and my current one told me that she doesn't know what else could my bird's sickness be. I know I won't get any diagnosis in here, and I'm not even looking for that, I just want to know your thoughts, tips and maybe similar experiences that someone else's had with their birb.
My vet gave medication to give for 15 days, and my tiel seen to be feeling better but he hurted sometimes. He started singing, beak grinding, being curious and overall more active, but he would close his eyes and puff up as if he was hurting. Also, when he sung he would do it for one minute or so and inmediately get tired and sleep again, as if he was happy but out of energy. When the 15 day period ended, he seemed to finally recover, but after five days (yesterday) I noticed he was acting weird again, something seemed off. Today I watched him all morning and he definitely is feeling bad again, he closes his eyes more than usual (when he's happy and sane he doesn't sleep that much). He's been sleeping / with his eyes closed for around 1-2h now. What's confusing me is that he sometimes still grinds his beak as if he was content and relaxed and even sang for a while. He ate, not a lot but still a decent amount. For me it seems that he's happy but that sometimes there's something bothering him / hurting him. Also, he cleans himself all the time and his droppings are fine aswell.
Soon I'm going to see another vet, the last option I have in my city, so this time I might hopefully get better medication. Still, my tiel hates hands and freaks out when we catch him or take him to the vet. Last time we did, he stressed a lot and was hyperventilating, breathing so hard. I don't want to take him to the vet again because I'm scared he will have a heart attack. The vet doesn't even touch him and barely looks at him, so I don't know what's the need of taking him when I could just explain him what's happened and talk about his behaviour. I'm so worried.
I hope I get a response, I'm so confused and worried that my bird seems happy but sick at the same time, as I read that birds don't do both at the same time. I apologize for possible typos, since english isn't my first language. Thanks.
Btw, the picture is my tiel right know. He's sleeping on one foot, most of the times only one eye is closed and I think he's in pain. He's cleaning himself tho, but it's still concerning me so much.